[mythtv-users] USB IR Receivers For LIRC

[Kirk Bocek]

On 10/8/2015 8:10 AM, Alec Leamas wrote:
> On 08/10/15 15:36, Mike Perkins wrote:
>
>> Be aware that, while the daemon is packaged with eg. Debian, the version
>> of LIRC may not include the driver. I had to download the iguanaIR
>> source and rebuild LIRC (to pick up the libraries) in order for the two
>> to communicate.
>>
>> Whether the iguanaIR driver for LIRC is included obviously depends on
>> your distro version. It wasn't in mine (wheezy).
>
> This is basically true for all debian-based distributions. For some 
> reason the Debian version i still 0.9.0 [1]
>
> That said, with the usual limitations (no blasting...) you should be 
> able to use the kernel iguana module + the LIRC devinput driver.  This 
> does not require the userspace daemon or LIRC recompilation, it only 
> requires a recent kernel.
>
> For those distros with a modern lirc built without the iguana support, 
> it's just a question of compiling the driver (i. e., a plugin). This 
> is a minor issue compared to rebuilding LIRC. Of course, these 
> creatures can also use the devinput option.
>
> Cheers!
>
> --alec
>

So what do you define as a 'recent' kernel. I'll be using this with 
either Fedora 21 (kernel 4.0.x) or 22 (kernel 4.1.x). Is that recent enough.

On a related issue, you said the USB Infrared Toy had a "fresh LIRC 
driver". What does that mean? More recompiling to get it to work with my 
preferred distro?